Multiple Choice
An economy has two people, Charlie and Doris.There are two goods, apples and bananas.Charlie has an initial endowment of 3 apples and 8 bananas.Doris has an initial endowment of 6 apples and 4 bananas.Charlie's utility function is U(AC, BC) =ACBC, where AC is his apple consumption and BC is his banana consumption.Doris's utility function is U(AD, BD) = ADBD, where AD and BD are her apple and banana consumptions.At every Pareto optimal allocation,
A) Charlie consumes 9 apples for every 12 bananas that he consumes.
B) Charlie consumes more bananas per apple than Doris does.
C) Doris consumes equal numbers of apples and bananas.
D) Charlie consumes the same number of apples as Doris.
E) Doris consumes 6 apples for every 4 bananas that she consumes.
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